Learning Outcomes
<p><strong>Active Learning Outcomes:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Apply theory and/or classroom learning to practice</li>
<li>Communicate effectively and professionally according to the practices and standards of the community relevant to the Active Learning experience</li>
<li>Document and reflect on the nature of ethical behavior in a circumstance relevant to the Active Learning experience</li>
<li>Analyze information in a manner that reflects engagement with diverse actors and/or ideas</li>
<li>Demonstrate acquisition of a skill relevant to the Active Learning experience</li>
<li>Demonstrate a level of understanding of the nature, functioning, or significance of the community of practice associated with the Active Learning experience that can only come through substantive exposure to said community </li>
</ul>
<p>Courses and activities fulfilling the Active Learning requirement will be expected to meet a majority of the learning outcomes.</p>
<p><strong>Breadth Learning Outcomes:</strong></p>
<p>Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Identify the distinct perspective of the discipline, including what it looks at and the descriptive and explanatory power that it offers</li>
<li>Present a theoretical and/or historical overview of the discipline</li>
<li>Articulate the role of the course within the context of the liberal arts</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Diversity Learning Outcomes:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Conceptualize and articulate the complexities of difference</li>
<li>Describe historical, social, political, and economic processes producing diversity, equality, and structured inequalities</li>
<li>Critically examine the intersections of race, ethnicity, religion, ability, class, gender species and/or sexuality-from the local to the global-within the contexts of power relationships that lead to systemic inequities</li>
<li>Apply knowledge of difference to analyze struggles of people, and address social issues and political concerns that impact everyday lives</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>First-Year Inquiry Learning Outcomes</strong></p>
<p>Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Articulate, in written or oral form, their initial ideas and assumptions in relation to the topic/theme of the course</li>
<li>Recognize and articulate in written synthesis papers disciplinary perspectives on the course topic/theme</li>
<li>Make use of knowledge from multiple disciplines to explain and evaluate, both in written and oral presentations, multiple perspectives on the course theme/topic</li>
<li>Integrate informed and multiple perspectives to construct a final written course project</li>
<li>Identify, access, and critically evaluate a variety of types and formats of information</li>
<li>Develop an understanding of personal responsibility through metacognitive experiences</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>International / Global Interdependence Learning Outcomes </strong></p>
<p>Courses fulfilling the International/Global Interdependence requirement must be able to meet at least two of the following learning outcomes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Identify and articulate differing cultural perspectives on course themes/content</li>
<li>Analyze actions, attitudes, or behaviors from the perspective of local, regional, national, or global identities</li>
<li>Articulate the origins and influences of one's own cultural heritage along with its advantages and limitations relative to other traditions</li>
<li>Demonstrate a sensitivity toward and appreciation for learning existent in perspectives and experiences different from one's own</li>
<li>Apply knowledge of multiple perspectives to pose well-defined solutions to problems facing the natural and human world</li>
<li>Analyze global systems in light of historical origins or contemporary relevance Acknowledge the relationship between language and cultural identity</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Gen Ed Capstone Learning Outcomes</strong></p>
<p>Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Articulate, in both spoken and written forms, an awareness and grounded understanding of the many theoretical and practical connections that can be gleaned from the diverse knowledge gained in Gen Ed courses</li>
<li>Integrate information and perspectives gained from courses in the liberal arts to demonstrate the ability to analyze thematic material from a variety of disciplinary approaches</li>
<li>Present evidence of, and evaluate, their learning process in a well-organized and comprehensive Portfolio</li>
<li>Evaluate information and sources critically, and incorporate new information into the knowledge base gained through General Education, and identify the larger interdisciplinary themes linking them</li>
<li>Demonstrate an understanding of the connectedness of the liberal arts through an integrated examination and analysis of a real-world issue</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Wellness Learning Outcomes</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Reflect on how to incorporate specific wellness practices into one's life</li>
<li>Identify detrimental behaviors/attitudes/actions that suggest a lack of wellness in others</li>
<li>Analyze the multi-faceted and interconnected nature of wellness</li>
<li>Articulate what wellness looks like for you now and later in life</li>
</ul>
<p>Courses and activities fulfilling the Wellness requirement will be expected to meet a majority of the learning outcomes.</p>